Tagged: giveaway

Last month Trese Brothers – Brothers on a Mission – announced the Linux release of “Star Traders: 4X Empires” which is currently available on Steam. In ‘Star Traders: 4X Empires’ you take command of a rag-tag group of human refugees fleeing in the great Exodus, and must help them re-establish your galactic civilization, defend your fledgling colonies, and rediscover lost technologies.

This month’s Rootrivia is closed, and we’re here to announce the winners of a copy of the WW1 shooter “Verdun”. To participate in the giveaway, one had to answer a very difficult question. Surprisingly everybody gave the right answer 🙂

You read it correctly folks, on this Saturday’s Linux Gamecast Weekly, Rootgamer’s very own Sandy Martin aka Ultimoore will be guest hosting! About Is +Sandy Martin drift compatible /w Gipsy Danger Cocaine Voltron? We shall find out Saturday LIVE on Linux GameCast WEEKLY ~ Venn Stone To translate what Venn Stone was actually saying in plain English, “If you want to find out what it’s… Read More »

Hey there gamers of the Linux orientation. It is the time to give you the power to vote who will be the winner for February’s Rootrivia. The winner will win a free copy of which we are celebrating its coming to Linux. The Contenders Now this month we have a whopping (wait, how many contestants do we have? 2?! Shut the front door! You kidding… Read More »

‘Dungeon Keeper‘ is a strategy video game developed by Bullfrog Productions under Peter Molyneux and released by Electronic Arts in July 1997 for the PC in which the player attempts to build and manage a dungeon or lair while protecting it from invading ‘hero’ characters intent on stealing the player’s accumulated treasures and killing various monsters. The people at GoG celibate their love for video-games… Read More »

Well it is that time of the Month. Yes, it’s time again for Rootrivia. We got some great prizes this month and some great questions. This month I will test your gaming knowledge and how much you remember the small details in some of the games you have played. Prizes Well Like I said we have some great prizes this month. This month’s grand prize… Read More »

In the month of Movember in the year of FOSS, 2013, we draw to a close our second ever Rootrivia competition with 15 lucky winners of the dark, mysterious, puzzle, platformer and amazingly brilliant, Irritum! The Winners We had a record number of entries for this months Rootrivia and were delighted to see so many of you take part in what we hope becomes a… Read More »

It’s that time of the month again when we set a minor little challenge and ask you to answer a few Linux related questions, yes folks, it’s time to ROOTRIVIA!!! RULES All contestants may only do the challenge once. (I know and I’m tracking). Failure to do so will cost you your entry in the challenge. Challenge In this challenge we will test your minds… Read More »

‘Private Infiltrator‘ is a stealth ‘sneaky peaky‘ game with a distinct art style. The game concept is pretty simple; your objective is to avoid enemy contact and infiltrate into their base. The game’s varying comes from it’s level design, different abilities and fancy gadgets in your inventory, challenging obstacles and enemies… The game is filled with references, humor and solid story for the attentive player. Developer ‘Espionage… Read More »

‘Anomaly 2‘ is a real-time strategy game that takes the tower offense concept from Anomaly Warzone Earth to a new level. Maintaining the core concepts of the original – tactical planning and the on-field Commander to support troops in combat

Since January, is the popular shooter ‘Counter-Strike: Source‘ available on Linux through Steam. Valve done a great job porting the source-engine: the difference in performance between Windows v/s Linux is minimal, if not the same according to my benchmarks.

Thanks to Gamergy we organised a ‘Hotline Miami‘ giveaway. One had to post a screenshot browsing rootgamer to participate. The generator at wolfram alpha is used to get a random result. The lucky winners of ‘Hotline Miami‘ have been informed: